Employees
As at June 30, 2021, the KION Group employed 37,718 full-time equivalents (December 31, 2020: 36,207). The rise during the reporting period was predominantly due to hiring in the Supply Chain Solutions segment, partly in order to increase capacity in software development and sales. In the Industrial Trucks & Services segment, the primary reason for the increase was the inclusion of the employees taken on in the context of acquisitions.
Personnel expenses rose to €1,306.5 million (H1 2020: €1,148.5 million).
|
Jun. 30, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
EMEA |
25,774 |
25,228 |
2.2% |
Western Europe |
21,790 |
21,476 |
1.5% |
Eastern Europe |
3,932 |
3,671 |
7.1% |
Middle East and Africa |
52 |
81 |
–35.8% |
Americas |
6,056 |
5,270 |
14.9% |
North America |
4,359 |
3,937 |
10.7% |
Central and South America |
1,697 |
1,333 |
27.3% |
APAC |
5,888 |
5,709 |
3.1% |
China |
4,459 |
4,333 |
2.9% |
APAC excluding China |
1,429 |
1,376 |
3.9% |
Total |
37,718 |
36,207 |
4.2% |